Putty applying and removing tool



Oct. 26,1926;

'PUTT-i APPLYING AND REMOVING TOOL Filed Jan, 20, 1925 1 Patented Oct. 26, 1926.

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Application filed January This invention relates to a novelputty applying and removing tool for use inremoving old putty from window sashes, and applying new putty thereto.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings of one specific embodiment thereof, whileits' scope will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings;

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a putty applying and removing tool exemplifying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same as viewed from the righthand side of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of the tool as viewed in the direction of the arrow 8 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a sectional view of a window sash and pane in connection with the tool, illustrating the mode of using the latter in applying putty; and

ig. 5 is a similar sectional View, illustrating the mode of using the tool to remove old putty.

Referring to the drawings, and to the embodiment of the invention which is selected for exemplification, there is shown a putty applying and removing tool comprising a shoe 6, having two surfaces 7 disposed at an obtuse angle to each other (see Fig. 4), one adapted for engagement with a window pane 8, and the other for engagement with a corner 9 presented by a window sash 10. When one of these surfaces is placed flatwise against the window pane and the other is placed against the corner of the sash, the tool is in its proper position for applying and smoothing a body of putty 12 in the adjacent corner presentedby the sash and glass. The shoe is then caused to travel lengthwise of the corner, and by this means the putty is applied, so that itsexposed surface will be at a predetermined and uniform angle to the face of the glass, as will be obvious from an examination of Fig. l.

Herein, the obliquely disposed surfaces 7 are presented by two walls 13, conveniently formed of sheet metal, and as an aid in forcing the putty into place and causing the shoe to ride smoothly over the putty, each of these walls is provided also with two surfaces 14, which are beveled or inclined with relation to the surface 7 at an obtuse angle, as best shown in Fig. 2. By

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this manner, the tool be operated in either direction at will. we

The tool may be provided with any appropriate handle, such 'as a handle 15,1 which,

as herein shown, has a metallicshankzlt),

suitably secured to the shoe, as by solder 17 (see Fig. 3). In the present example, this handle is disposed at an obtuse angleito 'a line 18, which is the intersection of the surfaces 7. This affords a most convenient angle for the handle in manipulating the tool. Herein the longitudinal median line A of the handle and its shank lies in a plane'which contains the line of intersection 18 of the surfaces 7. This would be evident from a comparison of Figs. 2 and 3.

When the tool is to be used for the removal of old putty, it is placed in some such position as that represented in Fig. 5, and

to facilitate the removal of old putty, is

provided with sharpened or beveled cutting edges 19 and 20. The edges 20 are placed against the face of the angles, and the corner at the intersection of the cutting edges 19 and 20 is forced into the old putty by pushing the tool toward. the corner of the sash, while drawing the same lengthwise, with the result that the cutting edges scrape the old putty from the face of the glass, as well as from the adjacent face of the sash. The tool will also, in this way, tear out the usual triangular pieces which are customarily driven in the sash to assist the putty in holding the glass in place.

In practice, it is found that the tool will remove the old putty and apply the new with greater ease and much more quickly than is possible with the use of common putty knives heretofore employed.

Having thus described one embodiment of theinvention, but without limiting myself thereto, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is: v

1. A putty tool having two surfaces disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, one adapted for engagement with the window pane and the other for engagement with the corner of the sash which projects from the face of the window pane, each of said surfaces having two portions disposed at an obtuse angle to each other. 7 v

2. A putty tool having a shoe presenting two surfaces disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, each surface having a bevelled portion.

' two walls disposed at an obtuse angle to handle.

3. A putty tool having a handle and a shoe carriedvhy said handle, said shoe comprising each other and intersecting each other in a line which 1s disposed at an angle to said 4. A putty tool havingfa handle and a shoe carried by said handle", said shoe C0111;

prising two walls disposed at an obtuse angle to each other and lntersecting each other. in a line which is disposed at an obtuse 7 angle to said handle.

5. A putty applying and removing tool having two surfaces disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, and having cutting edges "along marginal portions of said surfaces.

6. A putty applying and removingtool having two walls disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, one of said walls' having two cutting edges transverse to each other. 7. A putty applying and removing tool having two walls disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, each of said walls having two cuttingedges transverse to each other. 4 I

8. A putty applying and removing tool having two walls disposed at an obtuse angle to each other, said walls each having NILS e, SKOGBERG. 

